Improvement in cheek-pieces for ships  masts



'tuted (gittata parte aan,

Josera' BAYMORE, on enlLAnELPHiA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 113,386, cateaaprn 4, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEEK-PIECES FR SHIPS MA'STS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it'may concc'n.:l

Be it known that I. JOSEPH BAYMoRn, ofthe city with a-slab ot' wood on the front side, and a plate of metal at the back. v

The nature ot' my invent-ion consists of constructing a cheek-piece for a mast-head with wood on the front side for the shroud-ropes to bear upon, and a plate ot' metal Vat the back, between it and the mast, and running down to the under side of lthe trestle-tree, with a flange at the bottom for the trestle-tree to bear upon. 4 i

By this means it forms a bracket which supports .the trestle-tree, and also a plate of strength to the mast-head at the place where they generally break.

To enable others to understand my invention I refer to the drawing, in whichl Letter A marks the cheek-piece as applied to the mast-head.

Letter B, the'shroinl-ropes around the cheek-pieceand mast-head. i A

Letter C, the slab of wood in front of the metal plate, where the ropes take the bearing.

Letter D is the metal plate, showing -the bracket at the bottom.

Letter E' marks the shoulder-bami, the object of:

which is to it tight over the shoulder of the mast to prevent its splitting at 'the shoulder, as heretofore.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Leiters Patent, is-

A elieelbpiece for ships masts, constructed with a metallic plate at the back between it and the mast- Ahead, as herein described, and for the purposeset forth. The above specification of my said inventionsigned and witnessed at Philadelphia this JOSEPH BAYMORE..

Witnesses z JOHN B. MAkrNs, SAM. H. BAYLEY. 

